This archive report was first published on 14 June 2020.
On Sunday morning, a fierce exchange of fire in Warankalla, Mandera County, left a police reservist and two Al-Shabaab militants dead in a foiled attack.
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The militants, who aimed to destroy a Safaricom mast in the area, were repulsed by Kenya National Police Reservists deployed in the region, suffering serious injuries in the process.
Two of the Al-Shabaab militants were killed instantly during the shootout, while several others escaped after sustaining serious injuries.
As retaliation, the militants abducted a police reservist, whose body was later discovered a few kilometers away. A young boy was also injured during the incident.
Mandera Police Commander Jeremiah Kosiom stated that investigations are underway to establish the identity of the deceased members of the insurgent group.
Notably, the incident occurred hours after an unknown number of Shabaab militants raided a village in Fino area and defiled two girls aged 14 and 15.
Area leaders and Human Rights activists in Mandera County are calling on the government to enhance security in the area following numerous attacks targeting innocent members of the public.
Separately, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) recovered shoes worth over 9.8 million shillings that had been stolen from Bata outlets in Nairobi.
The DCI stated that the shoes, fraudulently obtained through fake gift vouchers, were found at a hotel in Keroka, Nyamira County.
It was previously reported that Bata Shoe Company had lost goods worth 20 million shillings through fake gift vouchers presented to several Bata shops within Nairobi.
Two suspects were arrested last Sunday in connection with the theft, with shoes worth 7 million shillings recovered.
